Telecom/Mobile News

Johannesburg, May 6 (IANS) After nearly two weeks of speculation and denials, the South African mobile network company MTN has said it is in 'exploratory' discussions with the New Delhi-based Bharti group for a possible takeover or a strategic alliance.

New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) In what Indian security officials find alarming, Pakistani mobile phone service providers are believed to have erected nine mobile towers in their territory along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir.

Beijing, April 25 (Xinhua) The number of mobile phone subscribers in China has risen to 574 million by March as more fixed-line users switched to mobile services on lower rates, according to the ministry of industry and information.

Washington, April 19 (ANI): A study by two Indian-origin researchers suggests that homeworkers associated with telecommunications organizations rely on e-communication to avoid feelings of professional isolation.

Washington, April 12 (ANI): Future cell phones may act as a mobile tourist guide, and provide tourists with information on whatever they see while journeying.

Washington, April 9 (ANI): Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Physical Measurement Techniques IPM in Freiburg say that terahertz waves may soon offer as a universal tool for search and security operations, medical diagnosis, and several other purposes.

Sydney, April 3 (IANS) As a gadget, it has been around only a decade or so, but mobile phones have become seamlessly integrated with family life, confirms a new survey.

San Francisco/Las Vegas, April 3 (DPA) Yahoo Wednesday unveiled a powerful new version of its OneSearch technology for mobile phones that allows users to initiate searches faster using voice or text.

London, March 31 (ANI): A survey has revealed that 20 per cent of cellular phone users in Britain consider being out of mobile phone contact to be as stressful as moving house or breaking up with a partner.

New Delhi, Mar 27 (PTI) Local and domestic long distance mobile call tariffs may drop further, thanks to telecom regulator TRAI today announcing that private telecom operators would be exempted

London, Mar 25 (ANI): The technology that makes cellphones vibrate when people make a mistake while typing may help cut typing errors in touch-screen phones like the iPhone that lack the tactile feedback provided by a keyboard.

London, March 13 (ANI): A US company has demonstrated a "voiceless" phone call for the first time, using a neckband that translates thought into speech by picking up nerve signals.

London, March 5 (ANI): Chatting and texting on the cell phone accounted for about six million injuries in Britain last year, according to a new survey.

Penguin just launched three books... to be read on your mobile phone! Yes, you read right, but whether or not you will be able to read equally right on your mobile phone is another question.

New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) India's largest consumer exhibition on mobile phones and accessories - Mobile Asia 2008 - Sunday attracted tens of thousands of gizmo geeks and enthusiastic traders at the capital's sprawling Pragati Maidan.

Mumbai, March 2 (IANS) Virgin Mobile, part of British communications group Virgin Media, Sunday launched youth-oriented mobile services in India through telecom operator Tata Teleservices Ltd (TTL).

Hamburg, Feb 25 (DPA) Making calls from a cell phone without a battery, using just the warmth of your hand? Perhaps that's no more than a pipe dream right now. But new circuits being developed by researchers in Germany are already making it possible to harness body heat for generating electricity.

Washington, February 15 (ANI): Cell phone manufacturer Nokia has come up with an environmentally friendly handset each part of which is made of 100 per cent recycled materials.

In a major shift from its product-centric strategy that it has successfully run with for years, Nokia has decided to become solutions-centric. What it's beginning to do in India – its second largest market after China – reflects a global shift in strategy.